Words worth keeping

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Never laugh at live dragons.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

If you're reading this...Congratulations, you're alive.If that's not something to smile about,then I don't know what is.

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. " Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

May you live every day of your life.

When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.